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City Council Water & Sewer Subcommittee <br />May 15, 2003 <br />Page 35 <br /> <br />accomplishing the things we are doing. He stated that the city had not added <br />anyone in 10 years and they have tremendous additional burdens that have been <br />applied to the city by the EPA and the TECQ. Mr. Campbell said no one has <br />given a thought to that. He said he is not talking about in Greenville or Mt. <br />Pleasant, he is talking about here in Paris, Texas. <br /> <br />City Manager Malone said that city staff will take this and explore these <br />suggestions about the shifts changes that are proposed and analyze this <br />information. He said they will continue to talk with the Campbell Soup <br />Company. He advised that they are in the budget process and are receiving <br />departmental budgets this week and they will see what staff is able to <br />recommend that they think is reasonable to solve all these problems to some <br />extent. The City Manager said he is not going to say they will be able to lower <br />this rate increase. He said that, in talking about the present budget, that is not <br />going to have any effect on the rate, it is the next budget and it's the budget <br />year after year. He explained that you can defer maintenance for a year or two, <br />three or four, but it catches up to you. Mr. Malone said that the city does have <br />to keep an even keel when you are making budgets and making rates. <br /> <br />City Manager Malone advised that he knows that Campbell Soup is concerned <br />about the rates, but there is a reason that the rate developed like it did. He said <br />that part of that reason is they were doing a study and waiting three years to <br />make an adjustment. He said that, in the mean time, the cost allocated to <br />Campbell Soup actually dropped over the three year period, but in the mean <br />time, they used less water for a variety of reasons. He said that makes the rates <br />go up when you are buying water on the volume basis. Mr. Malone said that <br />you get a great deal because you are purchasing so much volume but when you <br />reduce your volume, your rate goes up. He advised that the city is going to <br />have to figure out a way to work with our soup company and work with other <br />systems to be fair with everyone and try to find a way to make this thing work. <br />He did not think that doing something drastic is going to be the solution. <br /> <br />Chairman Plata asked the City Manager if he wanted to have another meeting <br />and come back next week. City Manager Malone said he did not know about <br /> <br /> <br />